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World J Hepatol. Jun 27, 2020; 12(6): 288-297
Published online Jun 27, 2020. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288
Published online Jun 27, 2020. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288
Hospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States
Pavan Patel, Faiz Afridi, Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, United States
Laura Rotundo, Evan Orosz, Department of Medicine, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, United States
Author contributions: Patel P provided conception and design of the study, acquisition and analysis of data, and drafting of the manuscript; Rotundo L, Afridi F and Orosz E drafted the manuscript; Pyrsopoulos N contributed to the manuscript by providing revision and oversight of its writing.
Institutional review board statement: This study did not require IRB approval due since the database is representative of nationally acquired data.
Informed consent statement: Due to the retrospective nature of this study as well as the using of a national database no human information was made available to authors. Therefore, informed consent was not needed to write this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, FACP, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, 185 S. Orange Avenue, MSB H-535, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, United States. pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu
Received: January 6, 2020
Peer-review started: January 6, 2020
First decision: March 15, 2020
Revised: April 10, 2020
Accepted: May 14, 2020
Article in press: May 14, 2020
Published online: June 27, 2020
Peer-review started: January 6, 2020
First decision: March 15, 2020
Revised: April 10, 2020
Accepted: May 14, 2020
Article in press: May 14, 2020
Published online: June 27, 2020
Core Tip
Core tip: This study assesses the outcomes of patients that present to the hospital with variceal bleeding amongst teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Patients that were managed at teaching facilities had higher mortality, length of stay and cost of hospitalization when compared to those at non-teaching facilities.